"In the vast Sierra wilderness far to the southward of the famous Yosemite Valley, there is a yet grander valley of the same kind." - John Muir.
For years, Kings Canyon has been a footnote in California's climbing history — often overshadowed and overlooked by bigger names. That's changing. 'A New Valley' shares a glimpse into the recent first ascents with Ethan Pringle, and the sharing of a new granite boulder field by guidebook authors Ryan Moon and Spenser Tang-Smith.
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This week's Friday Night Video is about the pure obsession and effort behind a hard trad first ascent by Québécois/Australian Jacques Beaudoin. Mother Earth (8b) is a stunning sixty-degree thin crack climb hidden amongst bushla...
In this week's Friday Night Video, Connor Herson takes on one of the world's hardest crack climbs: Magic Line (8c+), in Yosemite Valley. First established by Ron Kauk in 1996, the climb has seen only five ascents since that time....
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That was sick!!
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